Wen Xiangyanyu

March [-]th, Xingqing Palace Grand Court Meeting.

Duke Jing Lin Su read out the edict of the emperor's Zen throne in public, causing an uproar in the court.

Even though there were signs of this period of time, and there were well-informed people who had heard about the turmoil in the other palace, most of them still did not expect that the edict of the Zen throne was issued in such a hasty manner. Everyone was caught off guard.

There was even a brief moment of silence in the hall.

Holding the emperor's seal in his hands, Prince Jing was expressionless. He had personally seen the emperor's condition fluctuate in the past few days, but there was no major improvement. After returning to Beijing, he hadn't been able to see the empress dowager. It was obvious that the prince would not let him see him. , He even suspected that if he persisted, the queen mother would become a bargaining chip for the prince to threaten him, and the prince's people were watching him outside his mansion. The prince controlled the government and the entire Shang capital, so he could only choose to compromise.

All the courtiers who knelt down to receive the imperial edict did not dare to make a sound. They only saw that the ministers of the cabinet who had known about it earlier were all convinced, and it was Prince Jing and Duke Jing who held out the seal and read the imperial edict, even if they were full of doubts. , but no one dared to jump out to question at this time.

The crown prince looked serious, stepped forward step by step with firm steps, and knelt down to receive the imperial edict and the seal.

Even though the official enthronement ceremony has not yet been held, from this moment on, his identity has completely changed.

Ningshou Palace.

Ling Qiyan knelt in front of the Queen Mother, pleading guilty for Wen Ying.

They came back from the other palace yesterday, and he just came to see the queen mother this morning. The news of the edict reading the Zen throne had spread throughout the harem, everyone panicked, and the queen mother's face was even more ugly than ever.

Faced with the Queen Mother's doubts, Ling Qiyan could only kill Wen Ying for the sake of the overall situation: "Your Majesty is too ill to get up, and the Crown Prince was ordered to take over when he was in danger. I had to take over the position as a last resort. I hope Grandma will understand."

"What's the matter with the emperor? What's wrong with him? Why was he fine when he left last year, but now he's so sick that he can't get up again?" The queen mother was angry and anxious, and she had more doubts about them, especially Wen Ying, in her words. .

Ling Qiyan thought for a while and told the truth: "Your Majesty is poisoned."

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager's eyes darkened and she almost fainted: "Poisoned? Why did you get poisoned?!"

"The poison that Yu Zhaoyuan gave His Majesty was not only His Majesty, but Concubine Shu was also poisoned, and... she was not rescued, and Yu Zhaoyuan had already been executed by the crown prince. After taking office, the matter will be made public.”

This is what they discussed before. There is no need to hide the poisoning of the emperor. The poison came from the southwest. There are several small countries over there. Although they are vassal states of Dacheng, they are not peaceful. article.

"What's the matter with the emperor now? Can he be rescued? How can he be rescued? What did the imperial doctor say? Don't hide it from me, tell me everything!" The nanny beside her supported her, fearing that she could no longer support her.

Ling Qiyan lowered her voice, picked up what she could say, and answered her in detail one by one.

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager not only couldn't let go of her heart, she was even more anxious when she heard that the emperor's bed could not get out of bed, and she must go to the other palace to see the emperor in person. After the crown prince ascended the throne, things here have settled down, so let's go with grandma."

In the evening, Wen Ying finally had time to come to Ningshou Palace to pay his respects.

The queen mother once again talked about going to the other palace to see the emperor, Wen Ying nodded and agreed: "After the enthronement ceremony, we will send grandma there."

The queen mother's doubts did not disappear, and she asked those questions that Ling Qiyan had asked in the morning, and Wen Ying's answers were even more watertight.

But he insisted that he must wait until he ascended the throne, and then accompany her old man to the other palace to see the emperor.

The queen mother hesitated several times, and asked him tentatively: "Is it really the emperor's intention to give you the Zen seat?"

"Yes."

"...your younger brothers and sisters, how do you plan to arrange them?"

Wen Ying replied calmly: "Except for Qi Wu, the rest of the princes have already been crowned kings. According to the ancestral system, they should have been entrusted to the localities, but the father is still here, so let them stay in Beijing first, except for those who have already left. The palace opened the mansion, and the rest of the people moved to another palace with all the harem concubines, where the feng shui is better, and it is suitable for the father to recuperate, so I pray that you will stay here in Ningshou Palace and be with your grandmother."

The Empress Dowager frowned when she heard the words, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with such an arrangement, but she always felt uncomfortable listening to it, so her voice became softer: "The imperial edict has been issued, so I can't say anything, but since you are going to succeed, it was originally decided It's time to start preparing for your wedding, let the Ministry of Rites handle it as soon as possible."

Wen Ying raised his eyes to Ling Qiyan who was sitting beside him eating snacks, Ling Qiyan turned his eyes away and ignored him.

Seeing the interaction between the two, the Empress Dowager's expression darkened, and she heard Wen Ying say: "I don't want to marry a wife, I want to be a queen, I just pray for a banquet."

The queen mother was stunned.

"what are you saying?!"

Wen Ying's voice repeated firmly: "I don't want to marry a wife, I want to be a queen, I just pray for a banquet."

"Yan'er is a man, how do you set him up?!"

"There was already a male queen in the previous dynasty, and there is no difference between a male and a female."

The empress dowager's blood surged up, and when she spoke again, her breathing became short of breath, and she suppressed her anger: "You married a male empress, what about the heirs? Are you still planning to marry a concubine?"

"I don't accept a concubine and I don't need any heirs. My father has so many sons, and several of them have married wives and had children. There will be no successors in the succession of the country."

Unexpectedly, Wen Ying would utter such shocking words. The queen mother pinched her sharp fingertips into her palms, tears blurred her red eyes, and she couldn't even utter a complete sentence. The only thing that kept repeating in her mouth was the word "sin". two words.

Ling Qiyan also knelt down on the ground, hanging her head, not knowing what to say.

"grandmother……"

"Does it have to be so?"

Wen Ying held Ling Qiyan's hand: "That's the only way."

Half a day later, the queen mother closed her eyes tiredly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Go down, I don't want to see you now, all go down."

After leaving the Ningshou Palace, the two of them walked back to the East Palace. Although Wen Ying had received the Zen Edict and the Emperor's Seal, he still stayed in the East Palace until the official registration.

After walking quietly for a while, Ling Qiyan said in a muffled voice: "The Queen Mother will definitely hate me..."

"No, she doesn't want to."

Ling Qiyan suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and asked him: "Isn't it easy to be exposed that we lied to the Queen Mother? When she goes to the other palace, she will know everything."

Wen Yingdan said: "At that time, I had already ascended the throne, and everything was settled. If you know it, you will know it."

... This person really doesn't care about anyone.

He didn't care that the queen mother was angry and hurt after she knew the truth, but before the matter was settled, there should be no changes, coaxing, hiding, lying, whatever.

"Then I really became an accomplice who helped you deceive the Queen Mother," Ling Qiyan pouted, "Okay."

It's a big deal, just apologize to the Queen Mother later.

After returning to the East Palace, Ling Qiyan hugged the emperor's seal and looked at it for a long time, the more he looked at it, the more complicated his mood became.

One corner of the seal was knocked off, and he made it up with gold. He touched it with his hand, and said to Wen Ying, "I dropped this missing piece when I was a child, and I was beaten by the emperor himself with a whip." Dun, since then he has been displeased with me no matter what."

At that time, he was estimated to be only five or six years old. He had just started his education. The emperor had great expectations for him, the eldest son of the emperor. Let him study for four hours, but a child as young as he is, is just at the time when playfulness is heavy, and he is very active, how can he bear this.

Moreover, the emperor had to personally check his endorsement every day. Once he memorized half of the book and couldn't remember his life and death. He was reprimanded by the emperor.

The emperor got very angry that time, and since then, his attitude towards him has gradually changed, and he always remembers this.

Wen Ying paused when he heard the words, pulled him in front of him, squeezed his waist lightly, and asked, "Where did he slap you?"

"Back and butt, both he and the queen like to slap me, poor scholar, I have suffered all this for you."

Ling Qiyan said this on purpose, and sold out to Wen Ying. In fact, if it were Wen Ying, he might not have to suffer this beating at all. How can there be anything to say for him.

Wen Ying nodded, "Yes."

He sat him on his lap, put his arms around Ling Qiyan, and asked in a low voice, "What do you like for the empress' court clothes?"

"Whatever," Ling Qiyan said indifferently, "You settle your fiancée first, then I'll think about whether you want to be a queen or not."

"What else are you thinking about?"

"The title Queen is not very pleasant. If I don't say it specifically, will I be regarded as a woman by future generations, or the kind who can't give birth to children."

Wen Ying's face darkened: "You really want to have a baby? Are you going to have a baby?"

"It's not bad to be able to give birth, it would be nice to have a puppy..."

Ling Qiyan said with a smile in the middle, met Wen Ying's cold eyes, and shut his mouth wisely, he remembered, as if he had talked about having a child in a casual way before, this person was also angry.

"Dodger, what are you angry about?"

Wen Ying turned his face away and said: "Don't take yourself lightly, you don't need to rely on having children to trap me."

Ling Qiyan was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly and fell into his arms: "Poor scholar, why are you so serious? I said it casually, but you still take it seriously."

Wen Ying held him down: "Don't talk about this in the future."

If you don't say it, don't say it.

"Then you have to settle the matter of your fiancee first."

Wen Ying took out an imperial edict from the case beside him, and handed it over: "After the enthronement ceremony, I will decree to accept the little lady as a righteous sister and make the county magistrate. She has just reached the age of Ji, and she can stay for a few more years. Wen Ying Qing has performed very well in the military mansion over Barrington this year, and has been promoted to the fifth-rank military general. After a few years, his official position will be mentioned again, and I will confer a title on him again. The little lady pointed it out to him."

"... That kid Wen Qing came from a mud-legged background. That little lady's family has been clean for generations. Would you be willing?"

"I have already told her uncle and father that they are willing. Although Wen Qing was promoted by me on purpose, she is really capable, honest and honest, and she can be trusted. They are even less willing to marry those honorable families. They are afraid of bad things. It's better for Wen Qing to have a reputation like this. I have already planned to mention her uncle to the next time. I will use both their family and the Wen family in the future. They know it well and will not be ungrateful. Moreover, I I have hinted to them that the next queen will also come from the Wen family."

Ling Qiyan was surprised.

Wen Yingdao: "In the future, if Wen Qing can get a daughter smoothly, I will point it to Qi Wu."

It turned out that what his uncle's family said that day that he wanted the Wen family to become a century-old family like the Lin family was not a lie.

Ling Qiyan suddenly came back to his senses: "Then, what if you praise them too much and your relatives become too powerful in the future?"

Wen Ying didn't take it seriously: "That's something that future emperors need to consider."

Ling Qiyan was immediately happy when he heard the words: "Okay, your majesty has the final say, but the original fiancée will be adopted as a righteous sister, and after marrying a man, I can see how those officials can kneel down the stone steps outside the Xingqing Palace." wore."

"Whatever they want."